Neotibicen tibicen

Neotibicen tibicen, known generally as the swamp cicada or morning cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is widespread across much of the eastern and central United States and portions of southeastern Canada.[1] There are two subspecies, N. tibicen tibicen and N. tibicen australis, with the latter replacing subspecies tibicen in portions of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.[2]

Neotibicen tibicen
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N. tibicen
Subspecies:
  • Neotibicen tibicen tibicen (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Neotibicen tibicen australis (Davis, 1912)
Binomial name
Neotibicen tibicen
Synonyms
  • Cicada tibicen Linnaeus, 1758
  • Thopha chloromera Walker, 1850
  • Tibicen chloromerus (Walker, 1850)
  • Cicada sayi Smith & Grossbeck, 1907
Swamp cicada, Neotibicen tibicen
Swamp cicada, Neotibicen tibicen

Description

N. tibicen is active particularly in the morning; hence its common name, the morning cicada.[2] It is strictly ectothermic, and only becomes active in the morning after basking in the sun to raise its body temperature.[3] The species' name was Tibicen chloromerus, but in 2008 it was changed to Tibicen tibicen because the cicada was determined to have been described first under this specific epithet.[4] The species was moved to the genus Neotibicen in 2015.[5] N. tibicen is the most frequently encountered Neotibicen because it often perches on low vegetation.[6] Likewise, it is arguably the most common Neotibicen in North America.[7]

References

  1. Sanborn, A.F.; Phillips, P.K. (2013). "Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico" (PDF). Diversity. 5 (2): 166–239. doi:10.3390/d5020166.
  2. "Neotibicen tibicen Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  3. Sanborn, Allen F. (2000). "Comparative thermoregulation of sympatric endothermic and ectothermic cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae: Tibicen winnemanna and Tibicen chloromerus)" (PDF). J. Comp. Physiol. A. 186 (6): 551–556. doi:10.1007/s003590000110. PMID 10947237. S2CID 24504378. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  4. Sanborn, Allen F. (May 2008). "The Identity Of Cicada tibicen Linné [=Tibicen chloromerus (Walker, 1850)] (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae)". Entomol. News. 119 (3): 227–231. doi:10.3157/0013-872X(2008)119[227:TIOCTL]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86159613. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  5. Hill, Kathy B. R.; Marshall, David C.; Moulds, Maxwell S.; Simon, Chris (July 2015). "Molecular phylogenetics, diversification, and systematics of Tibicen Latreille,1825 and allied cicadas of the tribe Cryptotympanini, with three new genera and emphasis on species from the USA and Canada (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3985 (2): 219–251. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3985.2.3. PMID 26250031. S2CID 4331792. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  6. "Swamp Cicada (Neotibicen tibicen tibicen)". Songs of Insects. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  7. Sanborn, Allen F.; Heath, Maxine S. (2017). The Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of North America North of Mexico. Entomological Society of America. ISBN 978-0-9966674-2-5.
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